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Polish cryptocurrency exchange Zonda, which is experiencing withdrawal delays, has revealed it cannot access a cold wallet containing approximately 4,500 BTC. According to Cointelegraph, Zonda CEO Przemysław Kral publicly disclosed the address of a cold wallet holding 4,503 BTC. However, he claimed the exchange cannot access the funds because the private keys were never handed over by its founder and former CEO, Sylwester Suszek, who went missing in 2022. Kral has denied allegations of embezzlement. The situation has triggered a de facto bank run, with tens of thousands of withdrawal requests flooding the exchange in recent days amid rumors that it has run out of available funds.

Josh Stark, a core member of the Ethereum Foundation (EF), is set to resign after a five-year term. He is scheduled to conclude all his duties at the end of April and has stated that he has not yet decided on his future plans.

The Uniswap developer platform has officially launched. The platform provides developers with an AI toolkit, an API playground, and technical guides. Additionally, a liquidity provider (LP) endpoint has been added to the Uniswap API, allowing developers to create and adjust positions and withdraw fees directly through the API.

U.S. President Donald Trump announced that following a positive conversation with the President of Lebanon and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, the two leaders have agreed to a 10-day ceasefire. The truce is set to officially take effect at 9:00 p.m. UTC on April 16, he added.

Russian cryptocurrency exchange Grinex has announced the theft of one billion rubles (over $13 million) in a major cyberattack. According to BeInCrypto, Grinex has suspended all services, including deposits and withdrawals. In an official statement, the exchange claimed the incident was a targeted attack by a foreign intelligence agency. The stolen assets were reportedly converted to TRX through various trading services and then moved to a single wallet, which now holds approximately 45.9 million TRX (worth around $15 million). Grinex is suspected of being a rebranded version of the sanctioned exchange Garantex, which closed in March 2025, as it was launched just two weeks later, allegedly using the same team and infrastructure.

DeFi protocol Rhea Finance has been exploited for $7.6 million, CertiK Alert reported. The attacker is believed to have created a fake token contract and added liquidity to a new pool to deceive the protocol's oracle and verification layers.

A ceasefire agreement with Lebanon could be announced as early as Thursday night, an Israeli Defense Ministry official said, according to Axios. The official noted that the situation is at a critical juncture and that while nothing is finalized, a result could emerge today.

Major exchanges have seen $119 million worth of futures liquidated in the past hour. In the past 24 hours, $363 million worth of futures have been liquidated.

A U.S. government-linked address has deposited 8.25 BTC, worth approximately $600,000, to Coinbase Prime, Lookonchain reported. The funds were seized from the Bitfinex hacker.

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published new Cryptoasset Perimeter Guidance that includes several technical pitfalls for companies handling customer cryptocurrencies, CoinDesk reported. The core of the new regulation is a "24-hour rule," which mandates that any software or platform holding customer assets for even a single day during a transaction must obtain a full custody license. Under the guidance, node operators or validators offering convenience features like automatic profit compounding will not be considered simple technology providers. Even the technical capability to access a customer's wallet is enough to bring a firm under the regulatory scope. The FCA has set a short five-month application window from September to February of next year. Companies that fail to apply within this deadline will be completely banned from operating in the UK.

Federal Reserve Director Mirlan has stated that under the current outlook, interest rate cuts for the remainder of the year may be limited to just three.

A large-scale investor holding a token representing unlisted shares of Anthropic on the Solana ecosystem is unable to cash out a $1.5 million profit, DL News reported. The issue stems from a severe lack of liquidity on the issuing platform, PreStocks. If the investor were to market-sell the holdings, the price would plummet by over 34%, and there is no buy wall sufficient to absorb the entire position. The outlet added that investors should be cautious, as the token is trading at nearly three times the value of the actual stock.

The Ethereum Foundation announced the successful completion of a six-month operation by ETH Rangers, a co-sponsored project aimed at supporting independent researchers who contribute to public security within the Ethereum ecosystem. The 17 selected research teams focused on vulnerability research, security tool development, threat intelligence, and incident response, achieving the following: - Recovered or froze over $5.8 million in assets. - Reported and documented more than 785 vulnerabilities and client-side issues. - Identified approximately 100 attackers. - Provided security education to over 209,000 users. - Handled more than 36 security incidents.

Investors in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are maintaining their investment allocations in software, semiconductors, and cryptocurrencies amid geopolitical risks in the Middle East stemming from the conflict with Iran, Cointelegraph reported. They are reportedly using the downturn in AI and technology stocks as a buying opportunity. According to eToro, UAE investors have increased their holdings in core AI infrastructure stocks by as much as 125%. MicroStrategy, a prominent stock with significant cryptocurrency exposure, ranked eighth among their most-held stocks.

Whale Alert reported that 250 million USDC has been minted at the USDC Treasury.

Strengthening regulations for the tokenization market and digital finance could bring an annual economic benefit of approximately A$24 billion ($17 billion) to Australia, according to a new report from the country's Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre (DFCRC) and the Council for the Digital Economy.

Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS), one of the three largest U.S. trust banks, has announced an agreement with Digital Asset Holdings to develop custody capabilities for financial asset tokens. The bank will integrate the Canton Network, a blockchain infrastructure for financial institutions, to build an application that allows institutional investors to securely store and manage digital assets.

New York Fed President John Williams said inflation will be "well above" 3% over the next few months.

The cryptocurrency market is poised for a large-scale collapse because it lacks real value, is drained by $50 billion in annual operating costs, and is running out of new capital, argued Yang Haipo, founder of crypto exchange CoinEx. He claimed that while the total crypto market capitalization exceeds $2 trillion, the supply of stablecoins acting as effective collateral is estimated to be only between $250 billion and $300 billion, implying a real leverage of eight to 10 times. "This means that if 5% to 10% of all crypto holders attempt to cash out simultaneously, liquidity could evaporate, leading to a price crash," Yang explained. He noted that funds flowed from retail investors in 2017, institutions in 2021, and ETFs in 2024, but the capacity for new capital inflows is now exhausted. According to Yang, costs such as salaries for approximately 1.6 million industry employees, mining expenses, and exchange operating fees are continuously eroding internal capital. Meanwhile, real revenue generated from external sources like stablecoin payments covers only a fraction of these operational costs. "The entire system is structured to collapse the moment the inflow of new investor funds falls below the annual operating expenses," he concluded.

Major exchanges have seen $112 million worth of futures liquidated in the past hour. In the past 24 hours, $341 million worth of futures have been liquidated.

An Iranian parliamentary official has announced a plan to collect transit fees for the Strait of Hormuz through Iranian banks, the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA) reported. This follows a previous statement from Iran that it would demand payment for the tolls in cryptocurrencies such as BTC and stablecoins.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has fallen below $74,000. BTC is trading at $73,947.05 on the Binance USDT market.

DoubleZero (2Z) has launched DoubleZero Edge, a platform designed to transmit data from the Solana chain in real time, CoinDesk reported. The service utilizes a dedicated fiber optic network and multicast methods instead of the public internet, which is said to reduce data transmission times and eliminate latency, offering an advantage to traders.

The three major U.S. stock indices opened higher today. - S&P 500: +0.12% - Nasdaq: +0.06% - Dow Jones: +0.20%

Iran has emphasized to Pakistan that the United States must withdraw its excessive demands, according to Iran's Tasnim News Agency.